Effect of changes in the red cell volume on the carbon dioxide titration curve in vivo in the rat.
Acute in vivo CO2 titration curves were performed on rats anaesthetized with pentobarbitone. The slope of the in vivo CO2 titration curve in the rat was found to be similar to that previously reported in the dog and in man. Removal of approximately 30% of the haemoglobin of the body did not influence significantly the slope of the in vivo CO2 titration curve in the rat.
D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood*; D004911:Erythrocyte Volume; D006439:Hemodynamics; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
D002245:Carbon Dioxide